2015-16 Women's Track & Field Roster
Aspen Gaita
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Combined / Jumps / Hurdles
- Hometown:
- East Stroudsburg, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Stroudsburg
- High School:
- Stroudsburg
| PRs | |
| Indoor | Outdoor |
| • 200m: 26.14 | • 200m:25.96 |
| • 400m: 59.64 | • 400m: 1:02.19 |
| • 800m: 2:32.76 | • 800m: 2:36.78 |
| • 60mH: 8.81 | • 100mH: 14.41 |
| • HJ: 5' 5.25" | • HJ: 5' 1.75" |
| • LJ: 17' 6" | • LJ: 17' 0.5" |
| • SP: 30' 11.75" | • Shot Put: 28' 8.25" |
| • Pent: 3,417 | • Javelin: 85' 0" |
| • Heptathlon: 4,350 |
2016 Season
Indoor
• Finished 6th in the pentathlon at the MAC Championships with a personal-record of 3,417 points
• Ran a season-best 8.81 in the 60mH at the MAC Championships
• Posted a personal-best mark of 30' 11.75" in the shot put at the MAC Championships
• Ran a personal-best 26.14 in the 200m dash at the Kent State Tune Up
• Ran a personal-best 2:32.76 in the 800m at the MAC Championships
• Posted a personal-best mark of 17' 6" in the long jump at the Golden Flashes Gala
• Ran a personal-best 59.64 in the 400m at the Spire Invitational
• Posted a season-best mark of 5' 5.25" in the high jump at the Golden Flashes Gala
• Took first in the pentathlon at the Golden Flashes Gala with 3,394 points
OUTDOOR
• Finished 10th in the heptathlon at the MAC Championships with 4,282 points
• Scored a personal-best 4,350 points in the heptathlon to finish 12th at the Drake Relays
• Ran personal-best 25.96 in the 200m dash at the Drake Relays
• Ran a personal-best 14.41 in the 100m hurdles at the Northeast Ohio Quad
• Recorded a personal-best mark of 85' 0" in the javelin at the MAC Championships
Prior to Kent State
• Competed at Stroudsburg High School where the team was 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 Division Champs
• Earned two MVP honors, District Champ three times, All-State all four years including junior year National Top 3 Channel 13 MVP and senior year Channel 13 MVP
• Sophomore year was a State top-10 finisher; Junior year was a State top-3 finisher
• Earned letters in Soccer, Cross Country and Track
Personal
• Daughter of Karen and Brian Gaita
• Has two siblings: Riley and Giana
• Mother Karen was in the 1996 Olympic Trials for the High Jump
• Majoring in Criminal Justice
